018 - Todd Dickson

Todd Dickson, CEO and founder of Valor Collegiate schools in Nashville tells Andrew about his journey from electrical engineering to real estate to India to founding some of the most cutting-edge, and successful, schools in the country. A fascinating story with a really interesting look at how you actually build a diverse, respectful and engaged system of education. For more about Todd and Valor schools visit ValorCollegiate.org Stay tuned after The Pivot for a BONUS PODCAST talking about the fourth song, "Marjorie" from Andrew's new record "The Painted Desert". The album will be available via Kickstarter from Tuesday, Jan 16 until Tuesday night, Feb 13. Get it now!! Please visit EverybodyPivots.com for more about this podcast. Now go do something awesome!!

Episode 18 of the The Pivot podcast, hosted by Andrew Osenga, titled "018 - Todd Dickson" was published on January 23, 2018 and runs 62 minutes.

January 23, 2018 ·62m · The Pivot

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Todd Dickson, CEO and founder of Valor Collegiate schools in Nashville tells Andrew about his journey from electrical engineering to real estate to India to founding some of the most cutting-edge, and successful, schools in the country. A fascinating story with a really interesting look at how you actually build a diverse, respectful and engaged system of education. For more about Todd and Valor schools visit ValorCollegiate.org Stay tuned after The Pivot for a BONUS PODCAST talking about the fourth song, "Marjorie" from Andrew's new record "The Painted Desert". The album will be available via Kickstarter from Tuesday, Jan 16 until Tuesday night, Feb 13. Get it now!! Please visit EverybodyPivots.com for more about this podcast. Now go do something awesome!!

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Todd Dickson, CEO and founder of Valor Collegiate schools in Nashville tells Andrew about his journey from electrical engineering to real estate to India to founding some of the most cutting-edge, and successful, schools in the country. A fascinating story with a really interesting look at how you actually build a diverse, respectful and engaged system of education.
For more about Todd and Valor schools visit ValorCollegiate.org
Stay tuned after The Pivot for a BONUS PODCAST talking about the fourth song, "Marjorie" from Andrew's new record "The Painted Desert". The album will be available via Kickstarter from Tuesday, Jan 16 until Tuesday night, Feb 13. Get it now!!
Please visit EverybodyPivots.com for more about this podcast.
Now go do something awesome!!

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